35 minutes

In 35 minutes I can:

• Make spaghetti
• Bake 12 pumpkin muffins
• Steam 2 crowns of broccoli
• Unload and load the dishwasher
• Wipe off all the counters and the table
• Clean up a pile of wooden blocks
• Comfort a screaming child
• Rescue the markers and crayons
• Make a cocktail
• Sing 12 verses of Wheels on the Bus

In 35 minutes Claire can:

• Dump a box of wooden blocks twice
• Dump a box of plastic interlocking blocks
• Dump a box of rubber bugs
• Find a pattern card for the above rubber bugs and squeal with glee for 2 straight minutes without taking a breath
• Decide to color the pattern card, opening the art drawer into her face
• Squeal with terror for 2 straight minutes without taking a breath
• Tell me off for removing the crayons and markers from her possession when she resumed her attempt to color on the bug pattern card.
• Find a sheet of stickers in an undisclosed location (I suspect that she hides things on her person) and dole them out to all of her beloveds, including me and a stuffed frog.
• Dump out all of the play-doh toys.
• Open 3 canisters of play-doh.
• Find a laundry basket and sit in it while singing Wheels on the Bus
• Find an empty box and ride it like a horse.
• Sneak a slice of banana bread off the counter and stuff the entire thing into her mouth while giggle maniacally. "Tee hee heee mmf mmf mmf."

She wins.